: Its ruins sit along the Euphrates River in modern Iraq.
Unearthing the Past: The "Lost" Cities of the Bible For centuries, many of the greatest metropolises of the ancient world existed only in the pages of Scripture, dismissed by skeptics as pious legends or metaphors for morality. But in the last 150 years, shovels have begun to meet the sand, revealing that cities like , Babylon , and even Sodom were very much real—and their remains are as dramatic as the stories they inspired. Lost Cities of the Bible
: According to Joshua 6, the city's walls collapsed flat after the Israelites marched around them. : Its ruins sit along the Euphrates River in modern Iraq
Here is a look at the most famous "lost" cities of the Bible and what archaeology tells us today. 1. Sodom and Gomorrah: The Sin Cities of the Plain : According to Joshua 6, the city's walls
: Its ruins were uncovered in the 19th century near modern-day Mosul, Iraq .
Known as the "city of sin" in the Book of Jonah, Nineveh was the capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire.